Kitesoul Magazine #3 English Edition

was out and in hot pursuit of a piece ofhistory as well. When he found a barrelfor himself his smile was priceless,I could see it through my lens. Havinghelped with launches and watching allthis go down, Richard Whyte realizedhe couldn’t watch it any more. He tooblasted out through the shorebreakand made his way upwind. The tworegular footers, Richard and Keahi andthe two goofy footers, Reo and Konradrotated through the lineup. Each rideseemed to feed the whole group. Oncethey’d gotten a handle on what it tookto bullseye the short thick barrel, theboys put on quite a show. It becameapparent that the long, straight-walledand very fast barrels at Backyardsthey’d been pioneering for the last severalseasons were entirely different towhat they faced here, and it was coolto watch them adapting to it. Insteadof blazing speed, this required precisepositioning and hitting the brakes atexactly the right moment. It was animpressive display of kitesurfing progress.When the session finished, nobodycould immediately process what